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Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac
The 2005 Mouton Rothschild will have to take a back seat to the prodigious 2006, but administrator Philippe Dalhuin deserves considerable credit for pushing Mouton to higher quality levels over recent years. A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest mostly Merlot, the dark purple-hued 2005 exhibits a restrained but promising nose of cedar, tobacco leaf, creme de cassis, and toasty oak. Full-bodied, tannic, and extremely backward, with the vintage's tell-tale acidity, it appears to be even more closed in the bottle than it was from barrel. It does possess a long finish and multilayered mouthfeel. This is an undeniably outstanding, yet restrained, shy wine for a Mouton Rothschild. --Robert Parker
Dark purple black in color. Complex aromas of mineral, licorice, lead pencil and blackberry follow through to a full body, with ultrafine tannins and a caressing, pretty finish. Has a lovely texture. Shows elegance and refinement. --Wine Spectator
Full ruby-red. Explosive, superripe aromas of black raspberry, currant, graphite and tobacco leaf. Outsized, opulent and generous; this big boy saturates the entire mouth. There's an almost exotic character to the plum and cedar flavors. Spreads out impressively on the back end, coating the palate with ripe tannins. The 2006 is at once finer and more powerful, with more noble tannins, but this is more opulent. --Stephen Tanzer
This highly concentrated effort conveys both a wealth of woodsy richness and a sense of brooding depth from the very first. Its rugged, almost meaty, tannin-laced style makes it one of the least immediately inviting of the great growth bottlings, but its bias for muscle over early charm in no way obscures the fact that this is a solidly fruited and wonderfully well-extracted wine. Like most Moutons, it will not hit its full stride until ten or fifteen years have passed. --Connoisseur's Guide 2 Stars, 93 Points
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Item No: 02537
Size: 750ML
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac
Vineyard Price: $799.95  | Original Price: $1,349.99 |
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